End: Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 11:45am

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Notes About This Event

Return home to your soul through the power of playing and praying with your own voice. Sing yourself into greater existence and joy.

In this playshop, we'll come into our bodies and into community with a Nia routine with lots of opportunities for vocal play. Then Coco will guide us in practices to help liberate body, mind, and spirit, and free the voice. We'll connect to the divine within ourselves, each other, and the universe as we tune our body instruments to the vibrations of laughter and love.

Classic Nia Class

Day: Tuesday

Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Location

Cost

Free to members of the Bay Club. One can come as a guest of a member or buy a daily pass at the front desk. If you are coming in from out of town, contact me and we can discuss ways you can come to class during your local stay..

Event Type: Workshop

Start: Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 12:00pm

End: Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 1:30pm

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$25 by May 25, $35 at door.

Notes About This Event

Join Nia Faculty Trainer and Award-Winning Coach and Entrepreneur Loretta Milo for this fun, experiential time. You can expect to move, sweat (if you like), and get clarity around your “best life”. You can also expect to answer these questions: Am I living my best life? What does my best life include? How can I get there through movement? What is the sensation of my UpLeveled life?

The debut of Debbie's newest routine, "WILD"

Event Type: Other

Start: Friday, December 29, 2017 at 9:30am

End: Friday, December 29, 2017 at 10:30am

Cost

Cost is $16 to drop in if you do not have a monthly pass.

Notes About This Event

Come join us for the San Diego County debut of WILD, Debbie Rosas' latest routine. This is an ongoing class but special because we are debutting this routine for the first time here. A number of locat teachers will be joining the class too. We are going to have a wild time! No experience necessary.

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Notes About This Event

A revolutionary in art and in life, Isadora Duncan sought a natural, organic form of movement. Her expressive barefoot style of dance is one of the forms that Debbie and Carlos Rosas wove into the Nia technique.

Isadora Duncan passed her technique along to her students, they taught the next generation, and so on. Duncan Dance must be learned from someone in a lineage that goes back to Duncan herself. And we're fortunate to have a fourth generation Duncan teacher, Elyssa Dru Rosenberg, living in San Diego!

Elyssa will give us a taste of Duncan Dance, including movement exercises. Then Janice will lead a Nia routine where we'll embody what we've learned.

Elyssa Dru Rosenberg is a recognized Isadora Duncan teacher and scholar. She holds a masters in Dance and Dance Education from New York University. The founder/director of IsadoraNOW, Elyssa presents performances of Duncan's work and teaches classes and workshops in Duncan's technique and history throughout the U.S.

End: Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 11:45am

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Melt is a delicious self-treatment for pain and tension in the hands, feet, neck, and low back ... and Melting before doing Nia increases balance and enhances fluidity of movement. Dayle Norwood, a certified Melt instructor, will offer a free half-hour intro before we do our Nia routine.

Event Type: Other

Start: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 9:15am

End: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:20am

Cost

$16 drop in.

Regular students who have a monthly pass or a punch card will pay their regular class price as included in their monthly pass or punchcard.

Notes About This Event

Join us on an amazing Nia journey through the USA as First Degree Black Belt Nia Teacher, Jason Alan Griffin, presents his newest routine "Amazing" to us. Based on the work of Debbie Rosas this original routine was co-created through choreography playshops with Jason Alan Griffin in 13 Nia communities across the country. Each community created one of the songs. The focus of this routine is " Connections and Directions"

Jason will be teaching his Nia routine in place of my regular class this morning of May 9.

Event Type: Other

Start: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 9:15am

End: Monday, May 9, 2016 at 10:20am

Cost

$16 drop in.

Regular students who have a monthly pass or a punch card will pay their regular class price as included in their monthly pass or punchcard.

Notes About This Event

Join us on an amazing Nia journey through the USA as First Degree Black Belt Nia Teacher, Jason Alan Griffin, presents his newest routine "Amazing" to us. Based on the work of Debbie Rosas this original routine was co-created through choreography playshops with Jason Alan Griffin in 13 Nia communities across the country. Each community created one of the songs. The focus of this routine is " Connections and Directions"

Jason will be teaching his Nia routine in place of my regular class this morning of May 9.

About Nia

What is Nia?

Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that draws from martial arts, dance arts and healing arts. It empowers people of all shapes and sizes by connecting the body, mind, emotions and spirit. Classes are taken barefoot to soul-stirring music in more than 45 countries. Trainings are designed for those seeking personal enrichment and professional development. Every experience can be adapted to individual needs and abilities. Step into your own joyful journey with Nia, and positively shape the way you feel, look, think and live.

How does Nia work?

Nia draws from Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, jazz dance, modern dance, Duncan dance, yoga, Alexander Technique and Teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais. Every class offers a unique combination of 52 moves that correspond with the main areas of the body: the base, the core and the upper extremities. Stiff beginners and highly fit athletes alike can adapt Nia to meet their needs by choosing from three intensity levels. Consecutive trainings collectively explore 52 principles for personal enrichment and professional development. Read testimonials from people of all ages, backgrounds and locations.

Why was Nia created?

Nia’s purpose is to grow a worldwide community of healthy people who are empowered to do great things. We believe every person can discover, explore, unleash and enhance their individual potential to live a fulfilling and meaningful life – by engaging their senses and listening to their bodies. With the right tools and education, we can increase our confidence and happiness. We can become connected to others to shape a consciousness that extends beyond our own. Together we will unearth possibilities never before imagined.

Classic Nia Class

Day: Sunday

Time: 11:15am

Location

Cost

Free for San Diego County YMCA members.

Drop-ins $20 for a YMCA day pass--good all day at Mission Valley YMCA locations. You can try other classes, swim, soak in the Jacuzzi, use the weight room, etc. Try the class for FREE, email me in advance, sdreier@ucsd.edu, to arrange to come as my guest.

Notes About This Class

Come and explore the joy of moving your body. No experience necessary and all levels welcome.

Note: This class is listed the YMCA's schedule as "DANCE Spirit Groove", but it is a classic Nia class.

Classic Nia Class

Day: Tuesday

Time: 1:00pm

Location

Cost

Free to members of the Bay Club. One can come as a guest of a member or buy a daily pass at the front desk. If you are coming in from out of town, contact me and we can discuss ways you can come to class during your local stay..

End: Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 11:45am

Location

Cost

Notes About This Event

Return home to your soul through the power of playing and praying with your own voice. Sing yourself into greater existence and joy.

In this playshop, we'll come into our bodies and into community with a Nia routine with lots of opportunities for vocal play. Then Coco will guide us in practices to help liberate body, mind, and spirit, and free the voice. We'll connect to the divine within ourselves, each other, and the universe as we tune our body instruments to the vibrations of laughter and love.